Of course, the small box does not contain sharp objects like knives, but all kinds of gadgets. To be precise, he placed it specifically to surprise his daughter.
Axue pouted her little mouth and began to concentrate on searching for treasures in the small box. Next to her, Lu Xiu sighed helplessly and said to Chen Qing, "Husband, don't forget, you also have Bing'er, who is also your daughter."
Chen Qing chuckled and said, "Of course she is also my baby. I will bring her over to play with her tomorrow."
"Hey! There's something shiny."
A Xue found a piece of jade that was like an egg, and grabbed it with her little hands. It was a very beautiful jade seed. The jade was mature and white, very plump, without any flaws, and had a maroon red skin color on it.
Lu Xiu's eyes lit up. Her grandfather Lu Yihao was known as a jade madman. He was very obsessed with jade, which also affected Lu Xiu. Lu Xiu started collecting jade since she was a child, but her jade was mainly Xiu jade. Until she got married, her grandfather gave
There was a pair of Khotanese jade in her dowry, and she became obsessed with the gentleness of the Khotanese jade.
Lu Xiu glanced at her husband reproachfully. Such a good treasure was not given to her, but to her daughter to play with.
Seeing her husband's smiling face, Lu Xiu immediately understood that her husband was just for her, and her daughter would get tired of playing with it after a while, so the jade should still belong to her.
But she was afraid that her daughter would break the jade, so she quickly took out a pearl, secretly gave it to her husband, and nuzzled at her daughter.
Chen Qing understood, took out the pearl and waved it in front of his daughter, "Does Xueer like this?"
"like!"
Xue'er took the pearl and held it in each of her two little hands, refusing to let go.
Chen Qing laughed dumbly, this is called stealing a chicken but losing a handful of rice!
Lu Xiu was annoyed, so she had to pick up her daughter and said, "Xue'er, be good, the stone will hurt. Mom, I'll hold it for you."
She thought her daughter would refuse, but unexpectedly she handed the jade to her mother obediently. After Lu Xiu took it, she realized the reason. The jade weighed at least three taels and she thought it was too heavy.
"Where did it come from?" Lu Xiu asked her husband in a low voice with a wide smile.
"On the way back from Taixue today, I met a Khotan caravan. A clerk gave me this piece of jade. He picked it up from the river. I gave him ten taels of silver. Everyone was happy."
Lu Xiu said happily: "Let them pick up more, and I will spend a lot of money to buy them."
"You don't need to tell me, I made a deal with the businessman, he promised to pick up two sacks for me, and I will reward him with a decorated officer."
At this time, a maid said in the courtyard: "Madam, dinner is ready!"
"Let's go eat!"
Chen Qing took his wife and daughter to the front hall for dinner, but he did not notice that Xueer quietly stuffed another piece of jade into his small pocket.
Zhao Yingluo was also sitting at dinner. She had dined with everyone a month ago. She was very reserved at first, but gradually she got used to it. Xueer especially liked her and would sit with her every time she ate.
"Auntie, give this to you!"
Xueer took out a small piece of jade from his pocket, and Chen Qing suddenly remembered that it was the boy who gave it to him as a gift. It was also a very good piece of jade with fat, white flesh and red skin and seeds. It was just not as big as the previous one, but it could be made.
A very beautiful pendant.
It's just that Chen Qing didn't expect that Xue'er would discover it and hide it secretly. This little guy is such a villain!
Zhao Yingluo took the jade and said with a smile: "It's Khotan jade, give it to your mother! She likes it."
"No! I'll give it to my aunt."
Lu Xiu shook her head and smiled: "Yingluo, just accept her wishes!"
"Okay! Thank you Xue'er."
Zhao Yingluo pinched Xueer's little face, who wouldn't like such a little flatterer!
At this time, Li Qingzhao walked over quickly and said with a smile: "Sorry, I'm late!"
The maid placed a set of dishes in front of her and served her a meal. Although everyone sat together to eat, it was actually a separate meal system. Everyone had a plate and dishes in front of them. If they liked something, the maid was responsible for it.
Add food to them.
Chen Qingxiao asked: "Has my aunt ever heard of the Beijing News?"
Li Qingzhao smiled and said: "Of course I know that many of my poems were first published in the "Beijing News", the most popular newspaper in Bianliang at that time. Later, Bianliang was destroyed and the "Beijing News" disappeared. Didn't the prince want to repeat it?
Let’s start the Beijing News!”
Chen Qing nodded, "Someone recommended Yang Tianfang to me. He was the chief executive of the Beijing News back then. I do have this idea."
"Not to mention, you should have started a newspaper a long time ago. I didn't even know about the late Emperor's return, but Lu Xiu told me about it. You should have publicized it a long time ago."
Zhao Yingluo was shocked, "Is Brother Huang coming back?"
Chen Qing glanced at Zhao Qiaoyun a little strangely, she didn't tell her sister about this.
Zhao Qiaoyun understood what Chen Qing meant and explained to Zhao Yingluo: "Although I have known it for a long time, it has always been an important secret. I did not dare to leak it. It was not unsealed until yesterday. I am planning to tell you today and tomorrow."
Zhao Yingluo shook her head, "It doesn't matter to me, but when the emperor comes back, won't there be two emperors in the Song Dynasty?"
Chen Qing nodded secretly, but Zhao Yingluo saw through it. Zhao Huan did not abdicate, nor was he revered as the Supreme Emperor, or died. He was revered as the Holy Emperor of Xiaociyuan by the current emperor Zhao Gou. From an orthodox and legal point of view,
Zhao Huan was the real emperor, while Zhao Gou could only be regarded as the regent.
Even if Zhao Huan announced his abdication, it would be the crown prince who would succeed him, not Zhao Gou.
This is why Zhao Gou is most afraid of the return of the two emperors. Zhao Gou, the emperor, does have a somewhat shady reputation. Historically, Yue Fei was killed. Although it was an exchange condition negotiated between the Song and Jin Dynasties, Zhao Gou refused to protect him and refused to protect him.
It is directly related to Yue Fei's desire to take back Prince Zhao Chen.
Even Zhao Yingluo understands this truth, not to mention the civil and military ministers of the imperial court.
Chen Qing smiled lightly and said: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. First, people come back first, and then we can talk about anything else."
After dinner, Chen Qing was walking alone by the river. When he turned a corner, a slender beauty in a white dress appeared in front of him. He didn't expect to meet her here.
Chen Qing walked forward with a smile, "It's late autumn now, and the girl is still wearing a long skirt. Isn't it cold?"
Zhao Yingluo lowered her head and whispered: "Compared to Liaodong, is this coldness nothing?"
Chen Qing glanced away and saw a very delicate hollow embroidered bag hanging on her chest. Inside the embroidered bag was the piece of Khotan jade that Xue'er gave her during dinner. She didn't expect that she would put it on so quickly.
"Yingluo also likes jade?"
Zhao Yingluo touched the pendant on her chest, blushed and whispered: "My father likes it. He likes strange stones and jade."
Chen Qing smiled and said: "Today a Khotan businessman promised to give me two sacks. After a few months, when he brings them, Yingluo will also pick some."
"Thank you, Prince!"
"Let's take a walk!"
The two of them walked along the path by the lake. Chen Qingxiao asked, "Qiaoyun said she had been here when she was a child. Have you been here?"
Zhao Yingluo nodded, "I came here with her. There were several sisters at the time. We all clamored to live in the Pavilion in the Lake, but in the end our father refused and we all cried."
"I lived there for a few months last year and it felt pretty good. How about we move in in two days?"
Zhao Yingluo suddenly stopped and looked at him with a pair of big eyes flickering, "Because of me?"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "That's right!"
Zhao Yingluo's eyes suddenly became a little panicked, "This is not good, Sister Lu will be angry."
"She actually said it a long time ago, but I forgot it when I got busy. You can remind me!"
Zhao Yingluo lowered her head, and she slowly summoned up the courage to ask: "Qiaoyun told me, I want to know, is it because of my status that the prince wants to accept me?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "To be honest, it does have something to do with your identity, but it only accounts for 30% at most. I like your beauty and temperament more. Of course, if you want to remarry as a wife, you don't want to be mine."
Concubine, I won’t force you.”
Zhao Yingluo bit her lip in pain and found it difficult to speak, "But me. But I was raped by Wanyan Nianhan, and the prince doesn't dislike it?"
Chen Qing gently stroked her hair and said softly: "It's just that I wasn't there at the time and couldn't protect you."
Chen Qing's words immediately broke Zhao Yingluo's inner defenses. She threw herself on Chen Qing's shoulders and burst into tears. All the grievances and pain she had felt over the past few years were vented at this moment.
